| 13 | | - | Section 1. WHEREAS, at the 2019 regular session of the General |
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| 14 | | - | Assembly of the state of Connecticut, said General Assembly did |
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| 15 | | - | approve, by at least a majority, but by less than three-fourths, of the total |
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| 16 | | - | membership of each house, a resolution proposing an amendment to the |
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| 17 | | - | Constitution of the State which amendment, in accordance with article |
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| 18 | | - | sixth of the amendments to the Constitution, was published in the |
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| 19 | | - | manner prescribed therein and continued to the present regular session |
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| 20 | | - | of the General Assembly, and which resolution is as follows: |
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| 21 | | - | "Resolved by this Assembly: |
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| 22 | | - | Section 1. That the following be proposed as an amendment to the |
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| 23 | | - | Constitution of the State, which, when approved and adopted in the |
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| 24 | | - | manner provided by the Constitution, shall, to all intents and purposes, |
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| 25 | | - | become a part thereof: |
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| 26 | | - | Section 7 of article sixth of the Constitution is amended to read as |
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| 27 | | - | follows: |
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| 28 | | - | Sec. 7. The general assembly may provide by law for voting in the |
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| 29 | | - | choice of any officer to be elected or upon any question to be voted on House Joint Resolution No. 59 |
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| 26 | + | Section 1. WHEREAS, at the 2019 regular session of the General 1 |
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| 27 | + | Assembly of the state of Connecticut, said General Assembly did 2 |
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| 28 | + | approve, by at least a majority, but by less than three-fourths, of the total 3 |
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| 29 | + | membership of each house, a resolution proposing an amendment to the 4 |
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| 30 | + | Constitution of the State which amendment, in accordance with article 5 |
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| 31 | + | sixth of the amendments to the Constitution, was published in the 6 |
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| 32 | + | manner prescribed therein and continued to the present regular session 7 |
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| 33 | + | of the General Assembly, and which resolution is as follows: 8 |
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| 34 | + | "Resolved by this Assembly: 9 |
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| 35 | + | Section 1. That the following be proposed as an amendment to the 10 |
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| 36 | + | Constitution of the State, which, when approved and adopted in the 11 |
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| 37 | + | manner provided by the Constitution, shall, to all intents and purposes, 12 |
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| 38 | + | become a part thereof: 13 House Constitutional Resolution No. 59 |
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| 33 | | - | at an election by qualified voters of the state who are unable to appear |
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| 34 | | - | at the polling place on the day of election because of absence from the |
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| 35 | | - | city or town of which they are inhabitants or because of sickness or |
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| 36 | | - | physical disability or because the tenets of their religion forbid secular |
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| 37 | | - | activity. The general assembly may further provide by law for voting in |
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| 38 | | - | person prior to the day of election in the choice of any officer to be |
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| 39 | | - | elected or upon any question to be voted on at an election by qualified |
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| 40 | | - | voters of the state. |
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| 41 | | - | Section 9 of article third of the Constitution is amended to read as |
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| 42 | | - | follows: |
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| 43 | | - | Sec. 9. At all elections for members of the general assembly the |
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| 44 | | - | presiding officers in the several towns shall [receive the votes of the |
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| 45 | | - | electors, and] count and declare [them] the votes of the electors in open |
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| 46 | | - | meeting. The presiding officers shall make and certify duplicate lists of |
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| 47 | | - | the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each. One list shall |
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| 48 | | - | be delivered within three days to the town clerk, and within ten days |
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| 49 | | - | after such meeting, the other shall be delivered [under seal] to the |
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| 50 | | - | secretary of the state. |
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| 51 | | - | Section 4 of article fourth of the Constitution is amended to read as |
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| 52 | | - | follows: |
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| 53 | | - | Sec. 4. [At the meetings of the electors in the respective towns held |
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| 54 | | - | quadrennially as herein provided for the election of state officers, the |
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| 55 | | - | presiding officers shall receive the votes and shall count and declare the |
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| 56 | | - | same in the presence of the electors] The votes at the election of state |
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| 57 | | - | officers shall be counted and declared in open meeting by the presiding |
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| 58 | | - | officers in the several towns. The presiding officers shall make and |
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| 59 | | - | certify duplicate lists of the persons voted for, and of the number of |
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| 60 | | - | votes for each. One list shall be delivered within three days to the town |
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| 61 | | - | clerk, and within ten days after such meeting, the other shall be |
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| 62 | | - | delivered [under seal] to the secretary of the state. The votes so delivered House Joint Resolution No. 59 |
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| 64 | | - | Resolution Act No. 21-1 3 of 4 |
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| 45 | + | Section 7 of article sixth of the Constitution is amended to read as 14 |
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| 46 | + | follows: 15 |
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| 47 | + | Sec. 7. The general assembly may provide by law for voting in the 16 |
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| 48 | + | choice of any officer to be elected or upon any question to be voted on 17 |
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| 49 | + | at an election by qualified voters of the state who are unable to appear 18 |
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| 50 | + | at the polling place on the day of election because of absence from the 19 |
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| 51 | + | city or town of which they are inhabitants or because of sickness or 20 |
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| 52 | + | physical disability or because the tenets of their religion forbid secular 21 |
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| 53 | + | activity. The general assembly may further provide by law for voting in 22 |
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| 54 | + | person prior to the day of election in the choice of any officer to be 23 |
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| 55 | + | elected or upon any question to be voted on at an election by qualified 24 |
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| 56 | + | voters of the state. 25 |
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| 57 | + | Section 9 of article third of the Constitution is amended to read as 26 |
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| 58 | + | follows: 27 |
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| 59 | + | Sec. 9. At all elections for members of the general assembly the 28 |
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| 60 | + | presiding officers in the several towns shall [receive the votes of the 29 |
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| 61 | + | electors, and] count and declare [them] the votes of the electors in open 30 |
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| 62 | + | meeting. The presiding officers shall make and certify duplicate lists of 31 |
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| 63 | + | the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each. One list shall 32 |
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| 64 | + | be delivered within three days to the town clerk, and within ten days 33 |
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| 65 | + | after such meeting, the other shall be delivered [under seal] to the 34 |
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| 66 | + | secretary of the state. 35 |
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| 67 | + | Section 4 of article fourth of the Constitution is amended to read as 36 |
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| 68 | + | follows: 37 |
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| 69 | + | Sec. 4. [At the meetings of the electors in the respective towns held 38 |
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| 70 | + | quadrennially as herein provided for the election of state officers, the 39 |
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| 71 | + | presiding officers shall receive the votes and shall count and declare the 40 |
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| 72 | + | same in the presence of the electors] The votes at the election of state 41 |
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| 73 | + | officers shall be counted and declared in open meeting by the presiding 42 |
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| 74 | + | officers in the several towns. The presiding officers shall make and 43 |
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| 75 | + | certify duplicate lists of the persons voted for, and of the number of 44 House Constitutional Resolution No. 59 |
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| 66 | | - | shall be counted, canvassed and declared by the treasurer, secretary, |
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| 67 | | - | and comptroller, within the month of November. The vote for treasurer |
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| 68 | | - | shall be counted, canvassed and declared by the secretary and |
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| 69 | | - | comptroller only; the vote for secretary shall be counted, canvassed and |
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| 70 | | - | declared by the treasurer and comptroller only; and the vote for |
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| 71 | | - | comptroller shall be counted, canvassed and declared by the treasurer |
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| 72 | | - | and secretary only. A fair list of the persons and number of votes given |
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| 73 | | - | for each, together with the returns of the presiding officers, shall be, by |
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| 74 | | - | the treasurer, secretary and comptroller, made and laid before the |
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| 75 | | - | general assembly, then next to be held, on the first day of the session |
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| 76 | | - | thereof. In the election of governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary, |
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| 77 | | - | treasurer, comptroller and attorney general, the person found upon the |
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| 78 | | - | count by the treasurer, secretary and comptroller in the manner herein |
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| 79 | | - | provided, to be made and announced before December fifteenth of the |
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| 80 | | - | year of the election, to have received the greatest number of votes for |
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| 81 | | - | each of such offices, respectively, shall be elected thereto; provided, if |
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| 82 | | - | the election of any of them shall be contested as provided by statute, and |
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| 83 | | - | if such a contest shall proceed to final judgment, the person found by |
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| 84 | | - | the court to have received the greatest number of votes shall be elected. |
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| 85 | | - | If two or more persons shall be found upon the count of the treasurer, |
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| 86 | | - | secretary and comptroller to have received an equal and the greatest |
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| 87 | | - | number of votes for any of said offices, and the election is not contested, |
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| 88 | | - | the general assembly on the second day of its session shall hold a joint |
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| 89 | | - | convention of both houses, at which, without debate, a ballot shall be |
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| 90 | | - | taken to choose such officer from those persons who received such a |
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| 91 | | - | vote; and the balloting shall continue on that or subsequent days until |
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| 92 | | - | one of such persons is chosen by a majority vote of those present and |
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| 93 | | - | voting. The general assembly shall have power to enact laws regulating |
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| 94 | | - | and prescribing the order and manner of voting for such officers. The |
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| 95 | | - | general assembly shall by law prescribe the manner in which all |
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| 96 | | - | questions concerning the election of a governor or lieutenant-governor |
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| 97 | | - | shall be determined. House Joint Resolution No. 59 |
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| 101 | | - | RESOLVED: That the foregoing proposed amendment to the |
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| 102 | | - | Constitution be continued to the next session of the General Assembly |
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| 103 | | - | elected at the general election to be held on November 3, 2020, and |
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| 104 | | - | published with the laws passed at the present session, or be presented |
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| 105 | | - | to the electors at the general election to be held on November 3, 2020, |
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| 106 | | - | whichever the case may be, according to article sixth of the amendments |
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| 107 | | - | to the Constitution. The designation of said proposed amendment to be |
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| 108 | | - | used on the ballots at such election shall be "Shall the Constitution of the |
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| 109 | | - | State be amended to permit the General Assembly to provide for early |
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| 110 | | - | voting?"" |
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| 111 | | - | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS ASSEMBLY: That |
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| 112 | | - | the said amendment so proposed is approved and that it be presented |
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| 113 | | - | to the electors at the general election to be held on November 8, 2022. |
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| 82 | + | votes for each. One list shall be delivered within three days to the town 45 |
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| 83 | + | clerk, and within ten days after such meeting, the other shall be 46 |
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| 84 | + | delivered [under seal] to the secretary of the state. The votes so delivered 47 |
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| 85 | + | shall be counted, canvassed and declared by the treasurer, secretary, 48 |
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| 86 | + | and comptroller, within the month of November. The vote for treasurer 49 |
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| 87 | + | shall be counted, canvassed and declared by the secretary and 50 |
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| 88 | + | comptroller only; the vote for secretary shall be counted, canvassed and 51 |
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| 89 | + | declared by the treasurer and comptroller only; and the vote for 52 |
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| 90 | + | comptroller shall be counted, canvassed and declared by the treasurer 53 |
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| 91 | + | and secretary only. A fair list of the persons and number of votes given 54 |
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| 92 | + | for each, together with the returns of the presiding officers, shall be, by 55 |
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| 93 | + | the treasurer, secretary and comptroller, made and laid before the 56 |
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| 94 | + | general assembly, then next to be held, on the first day of the session 57 |
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| 95 | + | thereof. In the election of governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary, 58 |
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| 96 | + | treasurer, comptroller and attorney general, the person found upon the 59 |
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| 97 | + | count by the treasurer, secretary and comptroller in the manner herein 60 |
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| 98 | + | provided, to be made and announced before December fifteenth of the 61 |
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| 99 | + | year of the election, to have received the greatest number of votes for 62 |
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| 100 | + | each of such offices, respectively, shall be elected thereto; provided, if 63 |
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| 101 | + | the election of any of them shall be contested as provided by statute, and 64 |
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| 102 | + | if such a contest shall proceed to final judgment, the person found by 65 |
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| 103 | + | the court to have received the greatest number of votes shall be elected. 66 |
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| 104 | + | If two or more persons shall be found upon the count of the treasurer, 67 |
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| 105 | + | secretary and comptroller to have received an equal and the greatest 68 |
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| 106 | + | number of votes for any of said offices, and the election is not contested, 69 |
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| 107 | + | the general assembly on the second day of its session shall hold a joint 70 |
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| 108 | + | convention of both houses, at which, without debate, a ballot shall be 71 |
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| 109 | + | taken to choose such officer from those persons who received such a 72 |
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| 110 | + | vote; and the balloting shall continue on that or subsequent days until 73 |
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| 111 | + | one of such persons is chosen by a majority vote of those present and 74 |
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| 112 | + | voting. The general assembly shall have power to enact laws regulating 75 |
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| 113 | + | and prescribing the order and manner of voting for such officers. The 76 |
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| 114 | + | general assembly shall by law prescribe the manner in which all 77 |
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| 115 | + | questions concerning the election of a governor or lieutenant-governor 78 |
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| 116 | + | shall be determined. 79 House Constitutional Resolution No. 59 |
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| 123 | + | RESOLVED: That the foregoing proposed amendment to the 80 |
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| 124 | + | Constitution be continued to the next session of the General Assembly 81 |
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| 125 | + | elected at the general election to be held on November 3, 2020, and 82 |
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| 126 | + | published with the laws passed at the present session, or be presented 83 |
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| 127 | + | to the electors at the general election to be held on November 3, 2020, 84 |
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| 128 | + | whichever the case may be, according to article sixth of the amendments 85 |
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| 129 | + | to the Constitution. The designation of said proposed amendment to be 86 |
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| 130 | + | used on the ballots at such election shall be "Shall the Constitution of the 87 |
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| 131 | + | State be amended to permit the General Assembly to provide for early 88 |
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| 132 | + | voting?"" 89 |
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| 133 | + | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS ASSEMBLY: That 90 |
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| 134 | + | the said amendment so proposed is approved and that it be presented 91 |
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| 135 | + | to the electors at the general election to be held on November 8, 2022.92 |
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| 137 | + | GAE Joint Favorable |
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